Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' version 3

Version 3 in Van Gogh's sunflower series is quite challenging as it requires you to:

Paint 12 sunflowers

Orient them correctly in space

Paint the three stages of sunflower blooming: Freshly opened / Dry centre / No petals

His sunflower paintings are probably only second to "Starry Night" in popularity.

I recommend you paint 'version 1' first as it only contains three flowers. If you haven't painted flowers before this is also a good opportunity to learn how to visualise the basic cone shape of a flower and orient it in space.

Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' version 1

Here are some of my variations on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' version 3 (1888-89)